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4th of July Cake The flavors in this 4th of July Cake are tart and sweet and just yummy! And the red, white, and blue colors are so much fun. It makes for the perfect 4th of July dessert! Feel free to go the extra mile and add red, white, and blue sprinkles or edible stars over the top. This cake is perfect served alongside our Grilled Steak Kabobs, our yummy Huli Huli Chicken or anything else you throw on the grill for your holiday meal....

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Cheesy Potato Cakes These Cheesy Potato Cakes are to die for!!! It is especially ideal if you are looking for something to do with leftover mashed potatoes. For example, the day after Thanksgiving dinner or a Sunday dinner. No one would ever guess it was something you made with leftovers. I tried a potato cakes appetizer at Claim Jumper and loved them so much I played around with trying to make them at home....

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Recipe Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is a classic Louisiana comfort food. It’s a warm stew of meat, veggies, and a rich broth. It is flavored with bold Cajun flavors like paprika, black pepper, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper. Gumbo is a great dinner to warm you up on chilly winter nights. Ingredients Vegetables: This Chicken and Sausage Gumbo starts off with sautéed bell pepper, onions, celery, and garlic....

Tidy Style I have followed Tidy Style Home on Instagram for over a year now and have loved all of their intuitive kitchen organization ideas. When it came time for me to move into our new home, I knew I needed their help unpacking my kitchen. Being a food blogger, I have all sorts of random items that I didn’t quite know how to categorize and I knew it would probably take me a year to unpack....

A cousin of the more popular Eggnog, this creamy, deep-flavored, suggestively spiced sipper is as well-suited for nightcaps as it is for a slightly boozy brunch. It is deceptively strong, and memorably delicious, with a sweet and silky texture thanks to a simple splash of cream or milk. The milk amplifies the vanilla and fresh apple notes of cognac, as well as the dark molasses or stewed banana taste of Jamaican rum....

Now if you start with nutty roasted cauliflower, and add some Parmesan, some chopped prosciutto, a few roasted tomatoes, some garlic, and stir in some tender greens like baby arugula or spinach, and some pasta, you are firing on all taste cylinders. Tomatoes for the sweet and acid, greens for the bitter, and Parmesan and prosciutto for the salt and umami make this pasta dish almost impossible to put down once you start....

I won’t lie; I have a bit of a potato problem. French Fries, Roasted Potatoes, Baked Potatoes, Scalloped Potatoes, the list is never ending. I could never stick to a carbohydrate free lifestyle with this potato infatuation of mine. And with my favorite meal of the day, breakfast, you are almost always given a side of this delicious starchy vegetable. It depends on my mood, but I typically prefer the roasted and perfectly crisped home fries....

Case in point, these steamed asparagus! I like asparagus any which way, but drizzle a little (or more than a little) hollandaise over them? Oh my. For an elegant presentation of the spears, use a vegetable peeler to peel off a very thin layer of the outer skin of the lower two to three inches of the asparagus spears. Prepare a large, shallow pan (with a cover) with a half inch of water and a steamer rack....

Our mom has made these homemade dinner rolls as far back as I can remember for Sunday dinners and special occasions. They are definitely a favorite of our family and always get devoured. The texture and flavor of these rolls are perfect. They are so soft, fluffy, buttery, and go perfectly with ANY meal! Ingredients in Homemade Dinner Rolls Active Dry YeastSugarWarm WaterWarm MilkButterSea SaltEggFlour How to Make Dough Without a Stand Mixer No stand mixer?...

A Beloved Comfort Food Made Vegan The version of green bean casserole I grew up with was the classic one that was printed on the Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup can label (did you know a Campbell’s employee created green bean casserole in the 1950s?), which called for just six ingredients: canned or fresh green beans, canned cream of mushroom soup, soy sauce, black pepper, milk, and canned French fried onions....

Unlike whole boiled or steamed lobster, which is almost impossible to eat delicately, with broiled lobster tail the work has already been done for you. The perfectly cooked meat sits atop the lobster’s bright red shell. All you have to do is cut and eat. Of course this requires a bit more effort on the part of the one preparing the lobster tail. The lobster’s hard shell must be cut open, the meat dislodged from the walls of the shell and pulled out to rest on top before broiling....

Carrots are a great bridge between flavors, and marrying them with bananas, sweet potatoes, walnuts, dates, and a touch of cinnamon hits all the notes for a well-balanced beverage that is easy to make and a hit with the whole family. And you needn’t relegate this just to breakfast! Smoothies, especially a more hearty one like this, work well as an afternoon snack for myself or my kids. Carrot Cake Smoothie Flavor Profile I want something called a Carrot Cake Smoothie to taste like carrot cake, and here, all the familiar flavors are present: sweet and earthy carrots, vanilla, cinnamon, and walnuts (which may or may not be in your version of the cake)....

When slowly simmered in olive oil, chicken becomes meltingly tender, stays moist, and keeps in the refrigerator for at least one month (as long as it is submerged in the oil). When you’re ready for dinner, pull it out and sear or roast it until the skin is crispy. Serve it with your favorite sides, top it on a salad, or shred it for tacos or burritos. What Is Confit?...

In my case, tres leches is a celebration cake we had on birthdays and for Christmas, and the cake I bake when I want to showcase my Colombian heritage. It’s the ultimate comfort food. Chocolate All Throughout A chocolate tres leches cake is a chocolate sponge cake moistened with three kinds of milk after it is baked. The cake doesn’t get soggy—it softens and becomes incredibly moist. This milk mixture is flavored with cocoa powder and ground cinnamon, reminiscent of hot chocolate....

We probably ordered hamburgers too, but all I remember to this day was how much I loved those onion rings. As far as I knew at age 5 or 6, Bob’s was the only place on the planet to get them. Extra-Crunchy Homemade Onion Rings I still love onion rings, don’t you? This recipe is as close as I can get to my memory of my favorite onion rings—crunchy and delicious....

When you serve it with toppings of crushed tortilla chips, chopped onions, sour cream, and fresh cilantro, you get the flavors of a crispy taco in every bite. Easy Taco Soup in the Instant Pot I prefer to use my 6-quart Instant Pot pressure cooker to make this soup (and just about everything else!). It will cook the soup fast, and also keep it warm for up to 10 hours if I need to make dinner earlier in the day....

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After weeks of tending, harvesting, and then cleaning the fruits of my labor, I’m ready to prepare them in the simplest of ways. I don’t want to worry about food; I want to enjoy a meal with the people I’m feeding. Besides, more often than not, fresh produce needs little more than a salad dressing and a good toss to turn it into something for the table. Lentils + Summer Veggies = Summer Salad Template Out of habit (or maybe necessity), I usually cook large batches of lentils, grains, or beans on the weekend, and then combine them with various vegetables to enjoy throughout the week....

My grandmother used to bake oatmeal raisin cookies with me from the time I was old enough to stand on a chair and hold a spoon. Making these cookies taught me how to measure, how scrape down the sides of a mixing bowl, and the purest pleasure of all—licking the bowl. Whoever helped with the cooking got first dibs on the bowl, so guess who was the first to volunteer to help?...